Even in his very young days, Louis was born and raised in the royal palace. During that time, the ones who became his friends were only the maids. Those children always wore dresses in deep blue or green. They couldn’t wear any ornaments, and always had a small yellow ribbon tied on their chests.
Carson swallowed his dryness as he looked at his younger sibling with eyes of faint resentment. He then glanced at the maid who brought Louis. Startled by the emperor’s sharp gaze, the maid hesitated before approaching him.
“What does this mean?”
“Just now, Her Highness the Princess was at Chandeliera Castle.”
“Chandeliera?”
“Yes, Her Highness was there with the temple maids.”
At that moment, Louis interjected between the two.
“Charlotte. I went with her to introduce my cats to the castle.”
“Yes, when I went, one of the maids was with her. They seemed to have a long conversation.”
Carson took a deep breath and tried to calm himself.
“The maid’s… hair color?”
“A deep blond.”
But it was all in vain. Unconsciously, he rose from his seat. For a moment, he looked down at Louis, thinking he had surprised his sister.
“Go and come back.”
But Louis, with an indifferent expression, answered, picking up her fork and returning to the food in front of her. As if it was permission, Carson swiftly left the hall.
He couldn’t remember how he left Granjaim Castle with what mindset. He had only given orders to the deputy commander of the knights to surround Chandeliera as soon as he left the castle.
Running at the speed of light, the palace servants who greeted him were surprised and stepped aside.
Chandeliera, which was not far from the Granjaim Castle, made Carson feel like he had been running for a very long time.
Although Chandeliera, once the residence of the Crown Princess and now the residence of the Empress, was not far away, Carson felt like he had been running for a very long time.
Standing in front of the palace, he momentarily couldn’t decide where to go. Breathing heavily, he quickly looked around.
“Syndra? Where could the maids be?”
Even though he spent a long time in the palace, he had never thought about the existence of the maids or their whereabouts. He hardly remembered seeing them. The maids were like those who walked through underground tunnels.
Because of that, Carson had lived without being conscious of them. Moreover, even when he was in the palace, he didn’t let the maids into his residence.
“Damn it! Where the hell should I go?”
“My lord?”
At that moment, a familiar title echoed from behind. Taking a deep breath at the familiar address, he raised his head and looked up at the sky. It was impossible to distinguish whether the emotion he was feeling now was anger or relief. He couldn’t even muster the courage to look back and see what expression he had.
However, this woman didn’t give him time to prepare emotionally.
“My lord.”
Seeing the familiar figure, Ines bit her lower lip tightly. Even if she was far away, there was no way she wouldn’t recognize him. She momentarily forgot that this was the palace and started running towards him.
There was no time to scrutinize the surroundings or calmly look at him. Panting, she looked around quickly.
“Lord?”
At the sound coming from behind, Carson realized that he was still running. Then, suddenly, he gripped Ines’s hand tightly. After a moment, he slowly pulled her away from him.
For a moment, Ines realized that she was in the royal palace, and in surprise, she took a step back from him.
In an instant, Ines realized that she was now in the middle of the royal palace and, taken aback, took a step back from him.
However, her pulled body suddenly settled on Carson’s chest.
“You really…”
As if blaming himself for trying to move away, he tightly embraced Ines.
“Where on earth were you… No, why were you hiding here?”
Ines thought his words were somewhat amusing, so she couldn’t help but smile faintly. Carson, who couldn’t catch that subtle movement, wasn’t him.
“Are you laughing now?”
“I wasn’t hiding. I’ve been trying my best to get close to you, no, to Her Highness, somehow.”
When there was no answer from him, Ines asked again. There seemed to be a restless atmosphere.
“Do you know?”
“…I know.”
Of course, Carson knew better than anyone else. That this woman, who blindly chased him, would surely appear in front of him. Then, if the two who walked incessantly towards each other had not met during that time, who should be blamed?
Sweden, who tried to force her into marriage? No, was it Crown Prince Seon, who declared without consultation that he would appoint her as the Crown Princess? Or maybe the former empress, the culprit of all this?
No, none of that.
As long as the two wanted to be together, there was nothing to resent.
“I couldn’t keep the promised time, but you have to understand it’s not my fault.”
This time, Carson let out a laugh. The time he had ordered her to come by herself was in March. Now it was half a year past that deadline.
When scheming men desperately battle for her favor in the male harem
This one’s also on my reread list! The rivalry, scheming between the men in the imperial harem are just as intense and thrilling as in classic palace drama novels, where concubines fight to the death. Give it a read, girls! I promise you won’t be disappointed.
Synopsis:
“I am not worthy of her… but I still want to be by her side, even if only as a loyal dog…”
Those were the painful whispers of Yue Guanyi – the proud Crown Prince of the Great Qi, who was torn between deep love and a guilty conscience. Despite holding the supreme power of the Imperial Guard, he still could not forget the dark past when he was sold into a brothel.
Fate played a cruel twist when Qiu Shuzhi – a young female official who had just passed the imperial examinations with top honors – stepped into his life. She did not know that she was the one who had saved him from a tragic fate many years ago. And now, her heart was the target of pursuit for both Yue Guanyi and the powerful Empress Dowager Qin Qing.
While Yue Guanyi only dared to silently care for and protect the one he loved from afar, the Empress Dowager Qin Qing openly expressed his feelings and did not hesitate to take advantage of his power to approach Qiu Shuzhi. The covert struggle between the two most powerful forces in the imperial court began…
Trigger warning: All men in this novel are yandere style.
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